Pokémon · Platinum

Charmander

Platinum

Arceus · #59 · Common · 2009

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Market reference

$2.61

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Card facts

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Set position: 59 / 111
Release year: 2009
Rarity: Common
HP: 60
Subtype: Basic
Evolves to: Charmeleon
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: Suwama Chiaki
Pokédex #: 4
Series: Platinum

Card analysis

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Primary role: Search / Tutor
Damage efficiency: 20 damage; 10 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Basic; Plays straight down — no evolution needed

Also does

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Charmander plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.

How to beat Charmander

Exploit its Water weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
KO it to choke their draw / search engine.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 3.39 copies on average · 175 decks
Match win rate: 33.7%; -13.4 pts vs the 47.1% field average

Plays well with

Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.

Charmeleon

in 95% of decks · 168 seen

Mega Charizard X ex

in 99% of decks · 175 seen

Mega Charizard Y ex

in 64% of decks · 113 seen

Oricorio ex

in 95% of decks · 168 seen

Nitro Fire Energy

in 27% of decks · 48 seen

Heatmor

in 11% of decks · 20 seen

Reshiram

in 10% of decks · 17 seen

Firebreather

in 63% of decks · 110 seen

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About this card

HP: 60Type:RFireSubtype: BasicEvolves to: Charmeleon

"The fire on the tip of its tail is a measure of its life. If healthy, its tail burns intensely."

CCall for Friends

Search your deck for a Fire Basic Pokémon, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

RCSteady Firebreathing — 20

Weakness:W+10

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Charmander has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

Charmander — Phantasmal Flames

Played in 49 recent decks

Pricing reference

Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.

TCGPlayer (USD)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$0.75	$1.31	$19.98	$2.61	—
Reverse Holofoil	$59.99	$120.00	$1,499.90	$85.50	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/02/19

Variant	Price
1-day average	€1.10
7-day average	€0.69
30-day average	€0.50
Low	€0.05
Trend price	€0.70
Low (excellent+)	€0.08
Reverse holo low	€3.50
reverseHoloAvg1	€5.00
Reverse holo 7-day	€16.81
reverseHoloSell	€17.90
averageSellPrice	€0.46
Reverse holo 30-day	€13.45
Reverse holo trend	€17.84

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Charmander is real?

Charmander is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.

What is Charmander worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Charmander is $2.61; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.

What set is Charmander from?

Charmander is from the Pokémon set "Arceus" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.

What rarity is Charmander?

Charmander is a Common card in the Arceus set.